Abrasive

• A very hard, brittle, heat-resistant substance that is used to grind the edges or rough surfaces of an object. ...
• a harsh cleaning agent that destroys the surface of a coin.
• Diamonds of Industrial grade are used as abrasives for tools such as drill bits and grinding wheels. Smaller particles may also be used for polishing.
• A coarse material used in blast cleaning, such as sand, steel shot, glass beads or plastics.
• The cutting medium of an abrasive jet. Usually garnet or similar "sand like" substance.
• A substance used to scour, scrub, smooth or polish.
• used for cutting some stronger materials such as steel and tile. Often used in masonry work with products such as stone, brick, breezeblock etc.
• A substance used for grinding, honing, lapping, superfinishing, polishing, pressure blasting or barrel finishing. ...
• Sharp mineral particles, used for metal removal.
• Hard, tough material used to smooth out rough surfaces; a common abrasive is sandpaper.
• Hard granular material of varying particle size, used in grinding and/or polishing, or incorporated in non-slip surface coatings.
• The material comprised of hard particles and a binder that is used to wear away softer material
• substance that is suitable for carving and eroding due to its hardness and shape.
• General name for a loose granular material used to roughen or wear away a substrate to a high pressure stream of air/abrasive mix.
• causing abrasion
• a substance that abrades or wears down
• harsh: sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"
• An abrasive is a material, often a mineral, that is used to shape or finish (see metal polishing and wood finishing) a workpiece through rubbing which leads to part of the workpiece being worn away.
• Substance used for wearing away a surface by rubbing.